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Breach

- How one man betrayed the security of a nation.

Eric O'Neill, a computer specialist who wants to be made an agent is assigned to clerk for Robert Hanssen, a senior agent with 25 years in the FBI, and to write down everything Hanssen does. O'Neill's told it's an investigation of Hanssen's sexual habits, however Hanssen is really suspected of spying for the Soviet Union and Russia for years and being responsible for the deaths of agents working for the United States.

Release Date : 2007-02-12

Language :EnglishRussianArabicLatin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesSidney Kimmel EntertainmentIntermediaOutlaw ProductionsMandate InternationalMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Breach

Cast

Character Name : Robert Hanssen

Original Name : Chris Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Eric O'Neill

Original Name : Ryan Phillippe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kate Burroughs

Original Name : Laura Linney

Gender : Female

Character Name : Juliana O'Neill

Original Name : Caroline Dhavernas

Gender : Female

Character Name : Rich Garces

Original Name : Gary Cole

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dean Plesac

Original Name : Dennis Haysbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bonnie Hanssen

Original Name : Kathleen Quinlan

Gender : Female

Character Name : John O'Neill

Original Name : Bruce Davison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Geddes

Original Name : Jonathan Watton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jim Olsen

Original Name : Tom Barnett

Gender : Male

Character Name : D.I.A. Suit

Original Name : Jonathan Potts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Photographer

Original Name : David Huband

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Nece

Original Name : Catherine Burdon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Agent Sherin

Original Name : Scott Gibson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Loper

Original Name : Courtenay J. Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lisa Hanssen

Original Name : Clare Stone

Gender : Female

Character Name : Greg Hanssen

Original Name : Jonathan Keltz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Michael Rochford

Original Name : Richard Fitzpatrick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jane

Original Name : Melissa Thomson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gene Connors

Original Name : Craig Eldridge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tim Bereznay

Original Name : Jonathan Whittaker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beautiful Reporter

Original Name : Reagan Pasternak

Gender : Female

Character Name : Vivian O'Neill

Original Name : Mary Jo Deschanel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Libyan Man

Original Name : Elie Gemael

Gender : Male

Character Name : Libyan Wife

Original Name : Oula Boubkraoui

Gender : Male

Character Name : Trunk Cataloguer

Original Name : Chris Owens

Gender : Male

Character Name : SWAT Agent

Original Name : Jonathon Ruckman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father McKee

Original Name : Stan Coles

Gender : Male

Character Name : Information Center Manager

Original Name : Bart Bedford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Agent Pack

Original Name : David Frisch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Director Louis Freeh

Original Name : Scott McCulloch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Richard

Original Name : Mathew Lyons

Gender : Male

Character Name : Special Agent in Charge

Original Name : Greg Campbell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man in Car

Original Name : David O'Neill

Gender : Male

Character Name : Latin Speaking Man at Church

Original Name : Guido Rossi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Original Name : John Ashcroft

Gender : Male

Character Name : D.C. Driver on Bridge (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul D'Elia

Gender : Male

Character Name : FBI Agent (uncredited)

Original Name : Aaron Michael Lacey

Gender : Male

Character Name : D.C. Police Officer (uncredited)

Original Name : Mike Monroe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Woman on Cell Phone (uncredited)

Original Name : Talia Russo

Gender : Female

Character Name : FBI Agent (uncredited)

Original Name : Don Whatley

Gender : Male

Reviews

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@Geronimo1967

2025-01-19

Though never really very versatile, Ryan Philippe delivers quite well in this fact-based drama about one of the most famous cases of espionage to ever happen in the USA. O'Neill is a tech specialist with aspirations to be an agent who is selected by Kate Burroughs (Laura Linney) for a very unique task. He is to work with the long established Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper) on devising new ways to keep their systems safe from hackers. What we, and they, know is that Hanssen is suspected of being a mole, and a pretty darned substantial one at that. It's going to fall to O'Neill to try and find a way past the formidable defences of his new boss in the hope that they can entrap him. This won't be an easy task as Hanssen is a shrewd man, probably the most shrewd in the Bureau. Obviously this is a top secret mission, so he can't tell wife Juliana (Catherine Dhavernas) anything about what's going on - and that puts predictable strain on their marriage, especially as he begins to make some progress on a mark who likes nothing better than cat and mouse games - even with his own side! The story was huge news so there's not so much jeopardy, nor does Billy Ray really try to manufacture any. It's more a study of characterisations and Philippe and Cooper perform quite strongly on that front with some lively tit-for-tat dialogue and smouldering views on repressed religiosity. It could maybe lose ten minutes, but once it gets going it's quite a well paced thriller worth a watch.